R.I.P. Scout26
Dear Mayor Villaraigosa, I was dismayed to learn that the Los Angeles City Council voted to boycott Arizona and Arizona-based companies — a vote you strongly supported — to show opposition to SB 1070 (Support our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act). You explained your support of the boycott as follows: “While we recognize that as neighbors, we share resources and ties with the State of Arizona that may be difficult to sever, our goal is not to hurt the local economy of Los Angeles, but to impact the economy of Arizona. Our intent is to use our dollars — or the withholding of our dollars — to send a message.” (emphasis added) I received your message; please receive mine. As a state-wide elected member of the Arizona Corporation Commission overseeing Arizona’s electric and water utilities, I too am keenly aware of the “resources and ties” we share with the City of Los Angeles. In fact, approximately twenty-five percent of the electricity consumed in Los Angeles is generated by power plants in Arizona. If an economic boycott is truly what you desire, I will be happy to encourage Arizona utilities to renegotiate your power agreements so Los Angeles no longer receives any power from Arizona-based generation. I am confident that Arizona’s utilities would be happy to take those electrons off your hands. If, however, you find that the City Council lacks the strength of its convictions to turn off the lights in Los Angeles and boycott Arizona power, please reconsider the wisdom of attempting to harm Arizona’s economy. People of goodwill can disagree over the merits of SB 1070. A state-wide economic boycott of Arizona is not a message sent in goodwill. Sincerely, Commissioner Gary Pierce
Can Arizona legally do that? As I understand it, it's usually illegal for a gas company to shut off service to a residence when it's 20 below outdoors. Could there be similar laws at this level?
Oh, and shut off the water (Colorado River) too......
I'd wish they'd do it for just one day......when it's like over 100F in LA.... Oh, and shut off the water (Colorado River) too......
Obama would be all over the AZCC like stink on scat for some sort of "Interstate Commerce" issue if they even fluctuated CA power rates by a hundredth of a percent over this issue. Let alone actually cut power transfer on the grid.It's a good stinging letter... but it has no teeth.
Can the fed.gov "legally" ignore their own immigration laws?
How about when the AZ LEO finds an illegal, give them the choice of being returned to their home country, or a bus ticket to LA?
I was always pleasant, friendly and within arm's reach of a gun.
If government is the answer, it must have been a really, really, really stupid question.
"We're not going to respond to threats from a state which has isolated itself from the America that values freedom, liberty and basic human rights."